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State Department foreign service officer and former deputy chief of mission/charge d'affairs in Libya, Gregory Hicks, testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee during a hearing titled, 'Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage' in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 8, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Hicks: Libyans Told Us To Come ‘Fetch’ Ambassador’s Body

A former top diplomat in Libya on Wednesday described a 2 a.m. call from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the middle of the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, amid confusion about the fate of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and fears about the safety of additional American personnel.

2013/05/08

GOP Continues Benghazi Probe, 2016 Elections Possibly At Stake

House Republicans insist the Obama administration is covering up information about last year’s deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, rejecting administration assurances to the contrary and stoking a controversy with implications for the 2016 presidential race.

2013/05/08

File photo of Secretary of State John Kerry in Istanbul. (credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Kerry Mourns First Diplomat Killed Since Benghazi

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry mourned on Sunday the first death of an American diplomat on the job since last year’s Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic installation in Benghazi, Libya.

2013/04/07

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., arrives for a Republcan policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 26, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Graham: I’m ‘Hell-Bent On Making Sure’ Americans Understand Benghazi Debacle

Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain say they want answers from the Obama administration and are willing to oppose the administration’s choice to be the new CIA director until they get them.

2013/03/04

File photo of Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. (credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Collins Says She’ll Oppose Hagel Confirmation

A moderate Republican senator said Wednesday she’ll oppose the confirmation of Chuck Hagel to become President Barack Obama’s secretary of defense, while other GOP senators signaled they may delay a floor vote on the nomination unless the White House provides more information about the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

2013/02/13

Sen. Lindsey Graham has vowed to block two of President Obama's cabinet nominees until he gets answers regarding the Benghazi terrorist attacks. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Sen. Graham To Block Hagel, Brennan Nominations Without Benghazi Answers

Until there are answers regarding the terrorist attack on the American embassy in Benghazi, Libya, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham plans to block two of President Obama’s top national security nominees.

2013/02/11

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers her final speech as Secretary of State, at the Council on Foreign Relations, on Jan. 31, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Clinton: Benghazi Won’t Affect Whether I Run For President

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is leaving office with a slap at critics of the Obama administration’s handling of the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. She told The Associated Press that critics of the administration’s handling of the attack don’t live in an “evidence-based world” and their refusal to “accept the facts” is unfortunate and regrettable for the political system.

2013/02/01

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill on Jan. 23, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Clinton: I Was Not Involved In Susan Rice’s Benghazi Talking Points Process

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is taking full responsibility for the deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans during a terror attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi last September.

2013/01/23

Ambassador Patrick Kennedy (L), Under Secretary for Management at the U.S. Department of State, testifies on Capitol Hill on October 10, 2012 in Washington, DC. The hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee focused on the security situation in Benghazi leading up to the September 11 attack that resulted in the assassination of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens. (credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

3 Resign After Release Of Benghazi Report

An administration official says the chief of the State Department’s security service, one of his deputies and an official from the agency’s Middle East bureau have resigned after a damning report that found systematic management failures responsible for a lack of security at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

2012/12/19